Long Nne Poems

To the bride of Christ I pen this letter.

Aya Jesu
Nwanyi Chineke.

I see you wobbling your feet lazily.
Blissfully content with the comfort of this world.
Forgetting you were sent on an errand.
For this world remains a marketplace....

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?BEA PA: 
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES... 
Chorus:
 ?bea pa de tumi kasa, 
Na ?da ne ho adi s? nhwiren a ?y? nkonyaayi. 
N’aho?f? w? ne nne mu, 
?da no adi s? n’ano y? nnuhuam a...

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Sijui ni wangapi wata'define my history,
Wakitumia hii story.
But kitu najua ni ati nkifa,
maybe;
Walevi ndo watachangisha doh kwa matanga,
na maybe;
Wengi watasema Marto alikuwa tanker.
Na ukijaribu ksema marto alikuwa wa youth ya church,
apo ndo MC atalenga iyo...

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Anyammiri Ala Any? 

(Tears of Our Land)


 Izunna  Okafor dere ab? a


Ala Na?jiria ebegbuo onwe ya n'akwa
Anya mmiri anya mmiri ebe niile
Akwa ?t?t?, akwa ndeeri na akwa ar?r?
?nye ga-az? ala any? ? 

Chi ?b?b?...

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CLINGE TIGHT TO YOUR RUN:
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES.... 
VERSE 1:
Why u dey loosing ya real identity?
and wetin de make you despise yourself?
na it by how you've been sensed by odas acuity,?
if it's by covetousness or...

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Some things are lost along the line
Some things, beautiful and fine
Driving down the lone road to the stream in my hamlet
It’s like yesterday; like catching birds from their nest
I giggled as I drove by
Mothers breast...

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In my mind's eye I see this incredible vision that would make a beautiful African painting. Perhaps I shall try to make it real. 

I dedicate this poem to the women of Africa. Be inspired...

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Chuka Nnabuife: Nwoke Na Mma


(Ab? p?r? iche maka mmemme ncheta ?gb?gba ah? iri ise nke Sa Chuka Nnab?ife)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a


A s? na mma nwoke b? mpempe akw?kw?
Mana nke ah? b? maka nd? ?j?...

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'My' biggest mistake was being born a girl 
I was never going to meet your expectations for you wanted a
Son and you got me ...mum said to you ‘I was the next best thing’ 
That’s...

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Ag?? (hunger)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a


Ch??? ch??? ka ? na-atà n'af?
Nw?? nw?? ka ? na-am? n'?kp?kp?
Ag?? b? aha ya
? kp?? ?gan? ? za g?

Ag?? b? echete ebeme
O nwegh? nne, nke o ji enwe nna
O nwegh?kwa...

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She tore the envelope open
And she read
Suddenly the clock stopped
Everything around her felt nonexistent
She couldn’t think
All she could see was his face
Her hands went numb
As the paper fell to the ground
Memories played
Like a movie being...

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Mother


Better lose the saddle than the horse’.
Every mother’s voice echo these 7 words 
To her child, not just out of love, 
Not entirely for love but for joy.
The joy of motherhood.

This life will be hard...

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ke Motau šemane ya go ja di wela 
Ke Motau lesogana kgaah! Šateeh ka tsena 
Ke mopulana wa moswati 
Lesogana la go hloka nyatsi 

Tšešu ditaola ke rile go dirutwa ka tsena mong'waseloko ka yo...

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Everywhere is bless
Touched down from 
The steel bird 
Down to Africa 
Of curse the weather hot
Like always 

After this moment 
I started going places
I started giving 
I starting moving 

I was noticed 
With a lot...

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